Telephone attachment.



1. B. 3AI1MIN. TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY25} 191a.

1,260,97 9, Patented Mar. 26, 1918,

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JAMES B. JARMIN, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHN S.BEALL, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. JARMIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented new and 'useful Improvements in Telephone Attachments.

It is the object of this invention to produce a device of the characterdescribed which may be carried conveniently and instantly applied to atelephone.

It is another object of the invention to provide a sand lass andattaching means therefor by whic the glass may be moved into ahorizontal position if desired at any time to interrupt the runningthereof and to preserve an indication of the time con? sumed up to theinterruption.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as thedescription to follow proceeds.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is an elevation of a telephone, with thd device of my inventionapplied thereto.

Fig. 2 is. a sectional plan view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the sand glass.

1 represents an ordinary telephone stand provided with a mouth piece 2,pivotally connected thereto, and with a narrow neck 3 in between themouth piece and the stand 1, as is customary.

I provide a bracket 4 having a loop por tion 5 thereon, adapted tosurround and snugly fit the narrow neck portion 3 of the telephone witha screw 6 passing through alined apertures in the legs of the loop, uponwhich is mounted a thumb screw 7 by this means it being possible totighten the bracket upon the neck portion of the telephone so as tocause it to firmly grip the same and firmly support the sand glass. Thebracket tis provided with an upturned portion 8, provided at its upperend with an aperture, and clip 10 is provided at its back with acorresponding aperture and a bolt 9 passes through these alinedapertures so as to pivotstantly in view to one talking through thetelephone. Obviously, the sand glass may be mounted either at one sideof or directly behind the telephone mouth piece, as will be found mostconvenient for the user.

The sand glass may be turned in the clip, if desired, so as to face.vforward in whatever position the clip is mounted on the telephone. Ihave found that it is more accurate to read the indications from the tophalf of the sand glass than from the bottom half, for the reason thatthe sand pouring downwardly out of the top half leaves a clear, evenline, whereas the sand piling up in the bottom half forms no such clearline. For that reason, I run the scale indications shown on Fig. 3 fromthe top down in each case where they will serve to indicate the lineleft by the out-going sand.

I claim 1. A bracket for sand glasses ada ted to be attached to desktelephones, said racket comprising an outwardly extending arm having onits inner end means for encircling the vertical neck piece of saidtelephone to permit horizontal rotatable adjustment of the brackettherearound, and a clip mounted for rotatable adjustment in a verticalplane on the outer end of said arm and adapted to grip and hold thereinthe casing of a sand glass.

2; In a device of the class described, a bracket formed upon one endwith a collar mounted upon the neck piece of a telephone and permittinghorizontal rotatable adjustment of said bracket thereon, means forsecuring said bracket in its adjusted position on said neck piece, aclip mounted on the outer end of said bracket, said clip comprising apair of outwardly extending resilient arms between which is gripped agraduated tube, a bolt passlng through said bracket and said clip, and acoil spring surrounding said bolt, whereby said graduated tube may befrictionally held in any adjusted position.

3. In a device of the class described, a bracket formed of a strip ofmetal and having its inner end bent back and forming a loop adapted toencircle the neck piece of a telephone, clamping means passing throughboth legs of said loop whereby to tighten or loosen said loop on saidneck piece and permit horizontal rotatable adjustment thereon, asdesired, the outer portion of said strip forming an upwardly extendingflange, a

clip mounted on said flange, resilient fingers on said clip adapted togrip therebetween a sand glass, a bolt passing through said clip andsaid flange, and a coil spring encircling said bolt whereby to permitsaid clip to be rotated in a vertical plane and frictionally held insuch position.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name to this specificationin the presence of two witnesses:

JAMES B. JARMIN.

Witnesses:

B. P. MOREHOUSE, W. B. C

HANDLER.

